The Water-witch: Or, The Skimmer of the SeasStringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... breeze , and dancing lightly over the billows of the bay . There is a variety of the class f a size and pretension altogether superior to tha just mentioned , which deserves a place among the most picturesque and striking boats that ...
... breeze , and dancing lightly over the billows of the bay . There is a variety of the class f a size and pretension altogether superior to tha just mentioned , which deserves a place among the most picturesque and striking boats that ...
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... breeze quickly carried the periagua past the smaller islands of the bay and brought the cruiser called the Coquette more distinctly into view . This vessel , a ship of twenty guns , lay abreast of the hamlet on the shores of Stat . en ...
... breeze quickly carried the periagua past the smaller islands of the bay and brought the cruiser called the Coquette more distinctly into view . This vessel , a ship of twenty guns , lay abreast of the hamlet on the shores of Stat . en ...
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... breeze to bring her out again . Her Majesty's pen- nants are long , and when they get foul around the limbs of a thoroughly - bred sea - dog , it passes all his art to clear the jam . It is most worthy of remark , that the better the ...
... breeze to bring her out again . Her Majesty's pen- nants are long , and when they get foul around the limbs of a thoroughly - bred sea - dog , it passes all his art to clear the jam . It is most worthy of remark , that the better the ...
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... breeze ! No honest boatman loves to see a man stowed in a cruiser's hold , like a thief caged in his prison ; but when it comes to breaking the nose of the Milk - Maid , it is asking too much of her owner , to stand by and look on ...
... breeze ! No honest boatman loves to see a man stowed in a cruiser's hold , like a thief caged in his prison ; but when it comes to breaking the nose of the Milk - Maid , it is asking too much of her owner , to stand by and look on ...
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... breeze Patroon , to quicken the appetite at the Lust in Rust If Alida will speak , the girl can say that a mouthfu of the elixir is better for a rosy cheek , than all the concoctions and washes that were ever invented to give a man a ...
... breeze Patroon , to quicken the appetite at the Lust in Rust If Alida will speak , the girl can say that a mouthfu of the elixir is better for a rosy cheek , than all the concoctions and washes that were ever invented to give a man a ...
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Alderman Van Beverout Alida Alide answer appeared beautiful belle Bar belle Barbérie boat bowsprit breeze brigantine burgher cabin canvas Captain Ludlow character chase coast colony color commander companion Coquette countenance Cour des Fées Cove crew dealer in contraband deck duty Eudora favor feel François free-trader glance hand head heard hope hour island la belle Barbérie lady land less light light sails look lord Lust in Rust Mam'selle manner mariner Master Seadrift masts ment midshipman minutes mistress Monsieur movements Myndert nature never niece night ocean officer Oloff Van Staats opinions passed Patroon of Kinderhook periagua Queen Queen Anne returned rigging rogue royal cruiser sails sea-green seaman seemed seen ship shore Skimmer smile smuggler spars speak stood stranger Thomas Tiller thou thought Tiller tion trade troon truth Trysail uttered vessel visible voice watch Water-Witch wind wish yawl
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Página 83 - He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes. I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise.
Página 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 70 - But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. [Aside. CADE. Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.